Hans Bucher
(1681-1762)
Christina
(1700-)
Dr. Benedict Bucher Sr.
(1722-1787)
Maria
John Bucher
(1756-1810)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Elizabeth

John Bucher 1 2

  • Born: 1756, Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA 1 2
  • Marriage (1): Elizabeth
  • Died: 1810 at age 54 2

   FamilySearch ID: K2HX-MRL.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting marriage information. 1 The History of Lebanon County by historian Egle, published in 1883, reports John Bucher had two wives, and his son John was by the first wife, the other children by the second. The book doesn't name either wife.

2. Tax List: John Bucher: 40 acres clear, 60 acres of woodland, 2 horses, 2 cows. 12 pounds., 1772, Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. 3

3. Census in 1790 in Cocalico Twp., Lancaster, PA. 4 The 1790 Census listed John Bucher's household with:
Males (born)
16 and older (<=1774) = 1 John
Under 16 (1775-1790) = 2 sons
Females = 3 daughters & 1 wife.


John married Elizabeth. (Elizabeth was born in 1758 2 and died in 1844 2.)


Sources


1 Egle, William Henry, 1830-1901, History of the Counties of Dauphin and Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania : Geographical and Genealogical (Philadelphia : Everts & Peck, 1883
360 p., 63 p. of plates : ill., maps), Page 236.

2 Gladys Bucher Sowers, The Bucher Family, 1681-1997 (1997. Gladys Bucher Sowers, 1410 Cornwall Road, Lebanon, PA 17042, 78 pp.), Tree Page 1.

3 Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 (Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, Tax and Exoneration, 1768-1801 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data:
Tax & Exoneration Lists, 1762–1794. Series No. 4.61; Records of the Office of the Comptroller General, RG-4. Pennsylvania Historical & Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Lancaster, Cocalico, 1772, image 8 of 45. John Bucher.

4 1790 United States Census, Pennsylvania, Lancaster County, Cocalico Township, Series: M637 Roll: 8 Page: 183.



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